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A new theatre festival has been called to life in Toruń, with the goal of introducing emerging artists of the stage to the city’s youth. First Contact aspires to host performances of the last two seasons, headed by emerging directors or engaging first-time actors. Pieces are selected from the repertoire of professional stages, independent and private theatres, as well as diploma performances from state theatre schools all over Poland. Outside of the competition, Teatr Biuro Podróży will make a special appearance with their visionary "Planeta Lem" / "Planet Lem" open-air performance... Read more »about: First Contact - Festival of Debut Performances

Toshiko Okada's "The Sonic Life of a Giant Tortoise" comes to the stage in Kraków this month, performed by the Chelfitsch ensemble from Japan, followed by Mapa Teatro and Hebben Am Ufer's "Holy Innocents Day" in June. Both productions present vibrant, moving takes on contemporary society in two distant parts of the world, from the "selfish" youths of Japan to the brutal realities of guerillas in Colombia... Read more »about: Japan, Colombia and Germany at the Divine Comedy Festival

The exhibition is focused on the most important projects created by Maria Pinińska-Bereś, mainly originating in the '70s and '80s. These works explore various facets of female sexuality, what critics have called a precursor to Polish feminist art of the west. Soft, organic forms with erotic sounds and in candy pink colors emanating female corporeality and evoking the aura of the boudoir - the contractual place of pleasure and erotic kitsch produced by urban culture… Read more »about: Maria Pinińska-Bereś's: Pink Things

On Friday evening at the Kraków Opera the Transatlantyk Award was presented for the seventh time. This year it went to Vlasta Dvořáčková, an outstanding translator of Polish literature (including Miłosz, Szymborska and Różewicz) into Czech. The Transatlantyk is an annual award presented by Book Institute (Instytut Książki) in Kraków for outstanding achievement in the promotion of Polish literature in the world... Read more »about: Transatlantyk 2011 Goes to Vlasta Dvořáčková

Christian described Stanisław Lem as "the intellectual father of science fiction, [a genre] that I love, and his 'Memoirs Found In A Bathtub' is one of my favourite of his books. This is set to be a big epic film". The book was first published in Polish in 1961 and subsequently translated into English in 1973. The film will be made in Poland as an international coproduction. Much of the filming on the English-language feature will be done in the underground open salt mine in Wieliczka.

Sławomir Fabicki is set to write a screenplay based on the book, whilst Bogumił Godfrej will be the film's cinematographer. Both men were nominated for Oscars for the short film A Man Thing. Abel Korzeniowski will compose the film's score.

Speaking about his own work, Stanisław Lem once said:

The whole totemism and animism, as well as various other phenomena found in primitive cultures, are based on the premise that the whole world can be regarded as a dispatch addressed to its inhabitants. This can lead creators of certain social systems to take advantage of it, but also go beyond the boundaries foreseen by political dictators. From this moment on - everything becomes a message. For example, there may follow an absolutist conspiracy theory… to the extent that everything, rain included, becomes a symptom which can be interpreted as a sign of what may come in the political sphere - be it good or bad […] Moreover, the book is informed by a fortunate connection of spooky atmosphere and humour. This kind of black comedy seems to me now both a genius temporis and signum temporis. And it still! Nothing indicates that this should change.

According to Polish film producer, Wojciech Pałys, principal photography will begin at the start of the first three months of the shooting schedule, at the beginning of 2012, whilst the premiere of the film is set for the end of 2012 and early 2013. The film's budget will be around 3 million euro. "We intend to make this film realistically, we're not thinking of Hollywood budgets", he stipulated. The film's planned location is the legendary salt mines of Wieliczka, where entire ballrooms have been etched out of salt in an underground palace complex.

In accordance with the film-makers' wishes, Memoirs Found in a Bathtub is meant to stay faithful to the narrative in being set in a realm of a futuristic underground complex, which serves as an allegory for social totalitarianism. Its hero is a secret agent sent to an apocalyptic underground city: a world where the protagonist seems to be the sole normal figure. The 'memoirs' in question are his and he continues his secret mission despite threats made to his life. The story is a futuristic metaphor for the restrictions on freedom Polish citizens endured in Lem's time.

The film's director, Roger Christian, has received two Oscars for his films The Dollar Bottom (1981) which won for the Best Live Action Short Film category. He's also found success as a set designer; he was also honoured for George Lucas's Star Wars (in conjunction with the set design for Ridley Scott's Alien). Roger Christian is a member of the British Academy of Film. (BAFTA).

The director says he intends for the film

to be a thrilling story set in the futuristic underground complex – an allegory of totalitarian society. With its style and atmosphere, the film will refer to the classic film noir detective stories. Its protagonist will be a secret agent sent to the apocalyptic subterranean city. Having the brilliant literary original and a group of outstanding creators at our disposal, we are going to make a visionary thriller of epic proportions. It will include undertones of worlds created in such movies as The Bourne Identity and Alphaville, and the whole work will be an innovative vision for a demanding viewer.

Lem's 1972 novel Solaris was adapted by Andrei Tarkovsky in 1972 and by Steven Soderbergh in 2002 (starring George Clooney). Currently, Israeli director Ari Folman is working on The Congress, an animated film adaptation of Lem's Futurological Congress (published in 1971) . For more information on this film, see Culture.pl's interview with the director: Ari Folman on the Genius of Stanisław Lem.

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The events held in March as part of the Hong Kong Arts Festival and the Hong Kong International Film Festival will provide Hong Kong residents with a unique opportunity to encounter with Polish literature, jazz and classical music as well as animation. The artists to perform in Hong Kong include: Maciej Fortuna, Kroke, Anna Maria Jopek and Mariusz Wilczyński. Read more »about: Encounters with Polish Culture at Festivals in Hong Kong

In Tower. A Bright Day a family drama clashes with metaphysical horror and forms a touching and mysterious story. The debut film of Jagoda Szelc is a result of her untamed imagination and great artistic ambitions. Read more »about: Tower. A Bright Day – Jagoda Szelc

In this alternative history of Mikołaj Kopernik, also known as Nicolaus Copernicus, Culture.pl investigates painting, secret societies, cartography, medicine, currency reform and more to show you a bigger picture of the man responsible for one of the greatest revolutions in the history of astronomy. Read more »about: Copernicus: Revelations about the Renaissance Man

Women only began to write cookery books and guides in the 19th century, whereas previously they had merely been readers. These also served as a vehicle for their own views – sometimes conservative, sometimes emancipatory. Their books not only described techniques for preparing fashionable dishes, but also contained information on the role of women in Polish society. Read more »about: The Beginnings of Emancipation in Poland: 19th-Century Women’s Cookbooks

Home of Copernicus, an incredible Mediaeval town centre, and a lot of gingerbread, the city of Toruń is an often-overlooked marvel. Easily reachable from Gdańsk, Bydgoszcz and Warsaw, visitors to Poland should make it a key part of any trip. Sasha Vasilyuk explains how to make the most of this fascinating uniquely-preserved treasure. Read more »about: A Few Hours in... Toruń

Pioneering composer Elżbieta Sikora, long-standing art director of the Musica Electronica Nova festival in Wrocław, talks about electronic music, its history and the way it is today. ‘Digital sound has reached a certain limit, and once again we are searching for something more lively, dirty and imperfect,’ she feels. Read more »about: Taming the Machine: An Interview with Elżbieta Sikora

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